Circadian rhythm

Should Dangerous start times in Australia be changed to help sleep deprived children? Children and Teens are not getting proper growth opportunities and a major reason to this is the amount of sleep they get which goes back to the ridiculous school start times, there needs to be a change. Other countries are starting to do it, why shouldn’t Australia? Drugs and medicines aren’t going to help or even changing sleeping styles. Children are becoming more and more sleep deprived by the day and if…

A problem the many students have with school is that it starts too early. So why have to get up so early to work if you are still tired and sleepy. This is the main cause of poor academic performance. The school day should start later because the students will be less tired, their teachers will see academic improvement and they will meet their sleeping needs. Students will be less tired if they get enough sleep. “If school starts later a chemical called melatonin produced while you sleep will…

Another day at military camp most commonly known as Jr. High gym class. Me, Kate and Rebekah gracefully stumbling along talking about when this muscle building torture was going to come to a halt. Then I started talking about the eye opening dream I had the previous night. This was the start, knowing what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. The gym teachers yelled, “Stop!” I collapsed on top of Rebekah’s dainty body, and begged for water. “What was your dream that you started talking…

Sleep and Dreams Analysis In this log that I kept for my sleeping habits I noticed a little constant routine in my sleep.I would go to bed every night at around 10:15pm and I would wake up at around 5:20am, basically I get around 8-9 hrs of sleep counting the naps. Although I noticed something quite funny, during the past week I had a dream every other night. I think I’m getting enough sleep because I get all the hours of sleep needed. For example I go bed at 10pm and I wake up at 5am and…

“Adolescent Brain Development and Drug Abuse” 1. Adolescents seem to show diminished sensitivity to intoxication. Alcohol promotes social competitiveness, novelty seeking and feel more pleasurable social experience, less shy, in teens than adults. Alcohol affects the adolescent brain by causing poor impulse control, favoring low-effort while still seeking thrills, and a heightened sensitivity to social benefits of intoxication. It also seems to do more brain damage in their frontal cortex and…

Wellness is when both your mental and physical self are in good condition. Staying well is very hard to do in college. Every day in college is stressful, so staying mentally well is difficult but very important. When you are no longer mentally well, your physically wellness takes a toll. You know that you are doing well when you have energy and your body feels overall in tip top shape. Winter is a very hard time to feel in your tip top shape because it’s hard to stay awake. I personally feel…

In the hypothalamus, there is a neural circuit known as the melanocortin system, which includes two populations of neuron located in the arcuate nucleus, that express the proopiomelanocortin propeptide (POMC) and agouti-related protein (AgRP) (Roseberry, Stuhrman et al. 2015). POMC propeptide is the precursor to the melanocyte-stimulating hormones (α, β, and γ-MSH) (Roseberry, Stuhrman et al. 2015). The melanocortin system plays a significant role in controlling feeding and body weight…

Ambien pills: The most popular prescribed sleeping aid Ambien (zolpidem) is a narcotic, additionally called a hypnotic. It influences chemicals in your mind that may get to be uneven and result in sleep related problem (sleep deprivation). Ambien is utilized to treat a sleeping disorder. The prompt relief is utilized to help you to sleep when you first go to bed. The developed discharge form, Ambien CR, which has a first layer that disintegrates rapidly to help you sleep off, and a second…

I really found this article to be addictive. I read it 3 times, I enjoyed it that much. It looked at counselor’s point of thoughts of a new student struggling with a sleep problem and possible an emotional problem hindering his sleep. It seemed like the counselor thought that Steve was having issues sleeping because he was the newest student on campus and it could be nothing more than first day jitters, and that this alone was causing his issue of his sleep problem. After reading the article it…

The average person sleeps for one third of their life, and the average number of hours per night is about eight hours. However, some people barely get two or three, some people get twelve hours but cannot stop feeling tired. These examples are some of the many side effects of a sleep disorder. The most common sleep disorders include: Insomnia, Parasomnia, Hypersomnia, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy and Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). These various disorders affect many people, some are more common than…